Zoas Closed Up??

[travisw30]

I have 3 different frags of zoas and they closed up like 4 days ago and are staying closed. I checked amonia, ph, salinaty, nitrite, and nitrate. everything there is great. Any ideas? Suggestions? Thanks!

 

[Nick_kun]

Check the zoas for any irritants. Things like Aiptasia, zoa eating spider, zoa eating nudi branch, etc.

Here's a good ID on common z & p irritants and diseases.

http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=384

 

[ksanmamaril]

yep check for the nudis or any type of irritants. are these zoas all on the same rock/area?

 

[Letsgotothezoo]

dip them in freshwater for 5-10 minutes. Make sure it's RO water.
You can shake it a bit.
If there are any nudis, worms or irritants.....it should come off.

If you have Lugol or Coral Revive, that would be great as well.

 

[chipcount]

you may also wanna check your alk. if it drops too low that may cause your zoas to close up

 

[kwilson]

Is this a new tank and when and how long of a cycle?

 

[travisw30]

Its about 3 weeks old. first cycle finished after the second week. I will check alk. dip them in r/o water wont hurt them? Even in the state they are in?

 

[travisw30]

by the way thanks for all the help

 

[Nick_kun]

Can you take a picture of the pieces?

 

[chipcount]

dipping in RO can sometimes stress out the zoas themselves, but the main idea of dipping is used to get rid of any pests that may be stressing out the zoas.

 

[travisw30]

alk is 110 mg/L

 

[travisw30]

Hey i uploaded a few pics as an albumn under my profile. Hopefully the picture help a little.

 

[Nick_kun]

From the pictures, it looks like your tank is still going a bacteria cycle, I can still see some cyano. I say let your tank cycle it any excess nutrients and silicate before adding anymore corals. I would just keep up your water change routine.

 

[travisw30]

Sorry but whats cyano?

 

[chipcount]

its that red slime algae stuff

 

[travisw30]

So you dont want any algae or just that read stuff? Ive been using phytoplex once a week so i not do that? Thanks for your help!

 

[shapermike]

we dip our zoa's 1 to 3 min and shake then vigorously and most of the pest will fall off. check for eggs. we have found that you need to do this every week for 3 weeks. we have found this to be good. if you let to zoa's sit any longer it stress them out too much.

this works for us..

 

[Kbra]

you dont want red slime, thats a sign that your tank is finishing up its cycle though. There red slime control you can buy that will take care of it withing two days or so as well.

 

[chipcount]

you have to let the tank go through its cycle. an algae bloom is expected as well as spikes. its just the process and you really cant rush it. just keep up with the water changes and you will be fine. just a heads up, sometimes zoas dont make it even if you have a well established system.

 

[travisw30]

Thanks for all the input keep it coming. I am going to try and do the r/o rinse and go from there.